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great looking maps, to bad not all got to finish.
Amongst the finished maps we have:
evile_eagle: nice colors, and fun idea. A little heavy on the text side, and the mountain doesn't take up much attention.
gamerprinters: always love gp's use of colors and he makes beautiful maps - so this month he gets my vote
map vandal: nice colors, the town depiction like he used in the magic school map - he made an interesting map, however I don't really get a mountain feel as the challenge requires.
sagenlicht: very nice mountain - but I feel something is missing from it
vman3force: might have gotten my vote if he'd finished - really like the simplicity of it
good job all - rep is on its way

------Assuming I stick with fantasy cartography, I'd like to become a World Builder, laying out not only a realistic topography, but also the geopolitical boundaries and at least rough descriptions of the countries and societies.

Some great entries this round. I wish I had found the time and motivation to entry this one myself. I just had too many other things going on.

In the end I voted for EE's entry because for some reason I just really like the look and imagery of it. I wish I had it in my hand printed on a piece of leather you know? Good job man.

I'm in a rush this morning so I won't get into the others as I often try to do but there were things I really liked in most of them.

“When it’s over and you look in the mirror, did you do the best that you were capable of? If so, the score does not matter. But if you find that you did your best you were capable of, you will find it to your liking.” -John Wooden

My vote did go to eViLe_eAgLe, its nicely done and reflects the spirit of the challenge more than maybe any other entry.
The Floating Mountains by tilt‎ would have been my second choice, its a clever idea and overall its nicely done.
The Nine Bridges of Atayama by Gamerprinter‎ - as always nicely done by GP. A great map.
Aerie Fief by Map Vandal - its a nice map for sure I just didnt have the mountain feeling I needed to have to vote for it.

GP: I loved the little Ukioye nod in your map in the river with the pure white foam against the bridge....beautiful! Like you, I thought that MV's hatchures were just magical...and I loved the font choice, it was perfect...but you were a very, very close second.